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Judge acquits Democratic congressional candidate arrested at New York immigration court protest
The judge said prosecutors failed to prove he intended to obstruct.
NEW YORK (AP) — Democratic congressional candidate Brad Lander was acquitted Thursday of criminal charges related to his arrest last September at a protest inside a building that houses one of New York City’s immigration courts.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Henry J. Ricardo delivered his verdict exonerating Lander a day after presiding over a one-day trial in Manhattan.
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